diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4306ffac..a21f80cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
   by getting rid of all memory allocations during audio processing.
 - Changed the way mutual recursion in VST3 plugins on the plugin side works to
   counter any potential GUI related timing issues with VST3 plugins.
+- The deserialization part of yabridge's communication is now slightly faster by
+  skipping some unnecessary checks.
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/src/common/communication/common.h b/src/common/communication/common.h
index 3021f773..ebc09594 100644
--- a/src/common/communication/common.h
+++ b/src/common/communication/common.h
@@ -35,11 +35,26 @@
 #include "../logging/common.h"
 #include "../utils.h"
 
-template <typename B>
-using OutputAdapter = bitsery::OutputBufferAdapter<B>;
+namespace bitsery {
+struct LittleEndianConfig {
+    // In case we ever want to bridge from some big-endian architecture to
+    // x86_64 Windows, then we should make sure we always encode data using the
+    // same endianness
+    static constexpr EndiannessType Endianness = EndiannessType::LittleEndian;
+    // Since we provide the data on both sides, we can safely disable these
+    // checks
+    static constexpr bool CheckDataErrors = false;
+    static constexpr bool CheckAdapterErrors = false;
+};
+}  // namespace bitsery
 
 template <typename B>
-using InputAdapter = bitsery::InputBufferAdapter<B>;
+using OutputAdapter =
+    bitsery::OutputBufferAdapter<B, bitsery::LittleEndianConfig>;
+
+template <typename B>
+using InputAdapter =
+    bitsery::InputBufferAdapter<B, bitsery::LittleEndianConfig>;
 
 /**
  * Serialize an object using bitsery and write it to a socket. This will write